The purpose of this report is to identify variables related to student achievement and to review the literature relative to those variables. First discussed are the unalterable variables--abilitiy, socioeconomic status, and learning styles--which are related to student achievement but cannot be manipulated by educators. The rest of the report…

A study was conducted to assess the relationship between printed t-shirts and communication apprehension. In the first phase of the study, self-reports were used to categorize 206 college students as either high or low in communication apprehension. The second phase of the study consisted of others' evaluations of t-shirts worn by selected…

A study was conducted to determine if a relationship exists between cognitive styles and learning performance. Seventy students enrolled in three sections of an introductory instructional media course at a southeastern university served as subjects for the study. Testing instruments were administered to the students to determine their cognitive…

This report focuses on how students across the nation, of three different ages--9, 13, and 17--revise their own writing. The report is based on detailed analyses of two writing assignments: the first required 9-year-olds and 13-year-olds to write and revise a school report about the moon, and the second required 17-year-olds to write and revise a…

In this paper the authors attempt to explain and sharpen unresolved issues and questions that have evolved in the study of careers, especially since the concept of "careers" has received increased theoretical and empirical attention across disciplines. The issues discussed involve (1) conceptualization and measurement of careers; (2)…

The hypothesis that verbal humor may serve as a technique of social influence was tested for the first time under experimental conditions. Humor-moderating attempts at social influence and an examination of potential intervening variables tested the prediction that verbal humor would produce compliance. In a dyadic bargaining paradigm, at a…

A discriminant analysis of the relationships between 335 Florida students' first and second grade scores on the reading subtests of the Metropolitan Achievement Test (MAT) and their third grade scores on the Florida Statewide Assessment Test (FSAT) was undertaken, using race, sex, and intelligence as independent variables. Three null hypotheses…

It was hypothesized that students living in campus dormitories would have a significantly higher grade point average than students commuting to colleges. The population used in the study consisted of freshman students completing their first academic year during the spring of 1976, 1977, and 1978. The means of the grade point averages for each year…

In this study of 40 primaparous mothers (15 to 36 years of age) and their newborns the significance of predictors of maternal responsiveness was assessed immediately following birth in the delivery room and at feedings 2-3 days and 4 weeks following delivery. The variables used as predictors included the mothers' age and background, prenatal…

Two approaches to interest inventory validation are considered. The choice between the two depends on the use being validated. The first approach assumes that interest inventories are to be used in predicting which occupations counselees will enter or prefer. The second assumes that interest inventories are to used in suggesting occupations for…

This paper zeroes in on a subset of descriptors and predictors of undergraduate success, namely those which are neither cognitive measures (such as, high school grade point averages or aptitude test scores) nor personality test variables. The descriptors and predictors considered are broadly classed as: high school related; family and peer…

A stepwise canonical procedure, including two selection indices for variable deletion and a rule for stopping the iterative procedure, was derived as a method of selecting core variables from predictors and criteria. The procedure was applied to simulated data varying in the degree of built in structures in population correlation matrices, number…

A study was conducted to determine the relationship between grades received in prerequisite biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics courses and subsequent average grades received in science major areas. Seven major areas were investigated. Subjects were students who graduated from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), who had taken…

Applying techniques and statistical procedures of market research, this research paper treats the subject of environmental education. The first segment of the paper is involved with the identification of the role marketing can play in the analysis of environmental curricula and defines the potential market for environmental education. Sampling…

A Vocational Pattern Index, based on Zytowski's (1969) postulates on women's vocational participation, was developed. This index is based on age of first entry into the job market, number of entries, years of work, and degree of participation. Fifteen years after graduation from the University of Minnesota, a Questionnaire requesting detailed…